SINCE 1828
Aramaic alphabet
nounDefinition of Aramaic alphabet
1
: an extinct North Semitic alphabet dating from the ninth century b.c. which was for several centuries the commercial alphabet of southwest Asia and the parent of other alphabets (such as Syriac and Arabic)
2
: the square Hebrew alphabet as distinguished from the early Hebrew alphabet
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